Poll: Do You Read Early-Released Excerpts?

By Shawn Speakman on January 10, 2014

The High Druid’s Blade by Terry Brooks publishes March 11, 2014!

Last week, I decided to have some fun and hold a Facebook contest where, if Terry’s fans Liked and Shared a post enough, I would release Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 together from the new book. The response was overwhelming, of course. When Terry’s fans want something and band together, they become an unstoppable force. Within an hour, I had to post the two chapter excerpts, letting people read the opening chapters from The High Druid’s Blade.

Readers are very different from one another though. Some like reading excerpts of forthcoming books early; others hate that, preferring to have the entire book before starting it.

Many of Terry’s fans jumped at the chance to begin reading the next book early. Others Liked and Shared the post to help their fellow fans but they didn’t want to read the excerpts.